61DAdjustment of pensions: general cases

#### 61D Adjustment of pensions: general cases 61D Adjustment of pensions: general cases > > (1) Subject to this Division, where there is an adjustment percentage for a year (in this section referred to as the particular year), the pension payable on the adjustment date for that year to a person to whom this section applies is hereby adjusted, on and from that adjustment date, by that percentage. > > > (2) This section applies to— > > > > > (a) a person who last became a pensioner on or before 1 July in the particular year, > > > > > (b) a person who is the spouse or de facto partner of a pensioner, where that pensioner last became a pensioner on or before 1 July in the particular year and died before the adjustment date for that year, and > > > > > (c) a person who is the spouse or de facto partner of a contributor, being a contributor who died, on or after 1 July in the particular year but before the adjustment date for that year, within five years of having again become a contributor following a retirement under section 22 on or before 1 July in that year. > > > (3) A reference in subsection (1) to a pension payable to a person includes a reference to the pension that would have been payable to the person had the provisions referred to in the definition of suspended part of a pension in section 61B (1) not been enacted. > > **s 61D:** Ins 1974 No 104, sec 3 (f). Am 1976 No 101, Sch 8 (13); 1993 No 111, Sch 6 (60).